After a long delay, the laying of railway tracks based on portable solar panels is finally underway in Switzerland.
For the first time in the world, solar panels will be laid on railway tracks “like a carpet” in Switzerland.
Swiss start-up company Sunways has been given the green signal for a three-year pilot project in the western canton that will begin operations in spring 2025.
As the climate crisis demands that Europe’s energy transition be accelerated, developers are going to unprecedented levels to demonstrate new capabilities.
Roadside reservoirs and fields are all looking for solar systems, and other companies are experimenting with adding solar systems to railway sleepers as well.
But Sunways is the first company to patent a portable solar system on railway tracks with the help of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology EPFL in Lausanne.
